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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §22.6.5.pr

Injustice of Harm or Benefit from Another's Knowledge

Passage 3283 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Terentius Clemens states that it is highly unjust for one person to be harmed by another's knowledge rather than their own, or for someone to benefit from another's ignorance.

[TERENTIUS CLEMENS libro secundo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §22.6.5.prIniquissimum uidetur cuiquam scientiam alterius quam suam nocere uel ignorantiam alterius alii profuturam.
[TERENTIUS CLEMENS, in his second book on the Julian and Papian Law.] It seems most unjust that the knowledge of another, rather than one's own, should harm anyone, or that the ignorance of another should benefit someone else.

Notes

  1. 22.6.5.prcuiquam — Since the infinitive `nocere` governs the dative case, `cuiquam` (dative) serves as its object. Similarly, `alii` in the second clause functions as the dative object of `profuturam [esse]`.
  2. 22.6.5.prsuam — The feminine accusative singular `suam` is understood with the omission of the noun `scientiam` ("one's own knowledge") and is contrasted with `scientiam alterius` via the comparative conjunction `quam`.
  3. 22.6.5.prprofuturam — This is a future infinitive with the omission of the auxiliary `esse` (`profuturam esse`), agreeing in gender, number, and case with its accusative subject `ignorantiam` (feminine singular accusative).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §22.6.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:22.6.5.pr

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